And from what I've heard, life is not easy in those counter-enclaves, as it's nearly impossible to get access to medical care, let alone higher education, since the locals would have to cross the border, which they can't do without a visa... but the offices that issue visas are not in the enclave but in the country proper.

A similar situation can be found at the Dutch-Belgian border (in the villages of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog). See it here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Baarle-Nassau/@51.4368842,4.8884816,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c6a5342570ab1d:0x808696d1e9939744!8m2!3d51.4451366!4d4.9295231

I'd heard this was in the process of being fixed, but that in reality it's still quite a mess. Knowing what I do about Indian bureaucracy, I imagine it'll be quite some time before any of this gets sorted out properly.

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